Kuo: Some 2022 iPhones to Abandon Notch in Favor of 'Punch-Hole' Display

[satchmo]

I’ve never had Face ID fail me other than when I have a mask on. I even have require attention setting turned on. I have family members with non Face ID phones who turned Touch ID off because it would never work for them. Especially here in a colder climate where ones fingers can get dry and cracked easily.

I have the exact opposite experience.

I've had so many instances where FaceID can't authenticate when it's laying flat on a table and it doesn't catch your face at the right angle.
TouchID while slower (mostly because it was an early version on an iPhone 6), always worked for me.

 

[The Game 161]

Always getting Samsung's sloppy seconds. Samsung is moving to under panel cameras. Lol

And judging by this report Apple will in 2023. Still think it’s too soon and quality will suffer

 

[chucker23n1]

Am I the only one who this "notch" thing just doesn't bother or affect me at all? It just isn't an issue for me. I don't get it.

Nope. Got an 11 as my first notch phone. It’s mildly silly in the rare occasion where I watch widescreen video. In portrait, it really fits by matter one bit. I would like a wider status bar (make it configurable… I don’t need to see cellular signal strength ever), but… it’s a non-issue. It really is.

 

[d686546s]

I don't have numbers so I wont pull any out of my arse. All I can say is that; I have never used the front camera, I do not know anyone personally that does use the front camera. It serves no function.

No one you know has ever had a video call with their kids, parents, partners, spouses or friends? Ever?

I'm not doubting your personal assessment, just your generalisation.

 

[Chaparral02]

I can imagine the Android fanboys especially the Samsung ones going to have a field day with this rumor today.

 

[Raist3001]

I’ve never had Face ID fail me other than when I have a mask on. I even have require attention setting turned on. I have family members with non Face ID phones who turned Touch ID off because it would never work for them. Especially here in a colder climate where ones fingers can get dry and cracked easily.

On my iPhone X, I hated FaceID. It failed on me constantly. Coming from a TouchID iPhone 7 PLus where TouchID rarely if ever failed on me, I couldn’t stand FaceID.
However, with my 11 Pro Max, FaceID rarely fails me. Unless of course I am wearing a mask.
I dont want apple to remove Face ID. We should get both so either work In difficult situations.

 

[darngooddesign]

Apple always copying Samsung, SAD

Yes, Kuo is copying Samsung.

 

[darngooddesign]

No one you know has ever had a video call with their kids, parents, partners, spouses or friends? Ever?

I'm not doubting your personal assessment, just your generalisation.

It does seem really weird that he doesn‘t know anyone who had a video chat in 2020.

 

[Apple_Robert]

If Apple ditches the notch for the hole, people on MR will have something new to obsess and endlessly complain about, as they purchase the new phone in spite of that which they supposedly hate.

 

[planteater]

It's like receding hairline. What can you do other than forget about it? Rogaine doesn't grow new hair but just thickens what few thinning ones are left.

You can shave your head and get some sun. Worth a try even without the receding.

 

[darngooddesign]

And judging by this report Apple will in 2023. Still think it’s too soon and quality will suffer

People hold Apple to a different standard when it comes to flaws. If Apple had released the Fold people would still be wailing about #screengate but since its Samsung its already in the past.

 

[ColdShadow]

I’ve never had Face ID fail me other than when I have a mask on. I even have require attention setting turned on. I have family members with non Face ID phones who turned Touch ID off because it would never work for them. Especially here in a colder climate where ones fingers can get dry and cracked easily.

I’d say it fails on me at least 1 in 10 times,and it’s been the case with 3 different iPhones.
failing in the mornings when I just woke up in bed trying to read a message been a regular thing for example.so annoying.
also with some sunglasses.
I’ve never heard of or experienced touch ID fail unless there was user error or bad fingerprint registration.
The other issue is the fact that you need to keep the phone vertically and look at the notch,this is inconvenient.

 

[darngooddesign]

The other issue is the dact that you need to keep the phone vertically and look at the notch,this is inconvenient.

My XR authenticates if I look at the bottom of the screen, and I only have to angle it maybe 20 degrees from horizontal for Face ID to work.

 

[HarryWild]

Apple is the last one standing on having the notch.

 

[tranceking26]

I think this'll be one of the times he gets it wrong tbh.

 

[TheNotch]

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Nooooooooooooooo!!! How will I stay relevant if they do away with the Notch? I don't want to change my screen name to TheHole.

 

[ColdShadow]

My XR authenticates if I look at the bottom of the screen, and I only have to angle it maybe 20 degrees from horizontal for Face ID to work.

That’s with attention off,so not secure.

 

[anshuvorty]

All I will say is that these same types of rumors were being passed around with the 2020 iPhones in regards to ProMotion at beginning of last year....that the iPhones will include ProMotion. Eventually, when the phones entered EVT, Apple decided that the quality of the product didn't meet their standards and eventually dropped the feature in the 2020 iPhones.

Don't take any of these rumors about the potential features that the 2022 iPhones will have, as gospel truth, especially when we are this far away from their release! Most likely, these analysts are just throwing things against the wall, hoping for something to stick and just to get clicks.

We will know more certainly about the feature set of the 2022 iPhones as they reach EVT, most likely in the summer of 2022.

 

[efktd]

I don't mind the notch, as long as my phone works. My iPhone X has been working just fine for nearly 4 years now.

 

[CrashSpyroXP]

I thought Apple will only remove the notch after they figured out how to make an all screen display with under display cameras. I don’t believe this.

I guess you shouldn't believe that either because Apple never said that in an official capacity.

 

[MacBH928]

Meanwhile SE owners enjoy a proper full screen smartphone and don't have to choose between a punch hole or a notch

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

I’ve always admired the punch hole innovation over the notch. A step in the right direction IMO.

 

[scgf]

Meanwhile SE owners enjoy a proper full screen smartphone and don't have to choose between a punch hole or a notch

SE owners have a huge bar at the top and bottom of their displays! Much worse than a small notch, surely!

 

[d686546s]

SE owners have a huge bar at the top and bottom of their displays! Much worse than a small notch, surely!

I had an all-screen Pixel 5 with a punch hole and I went back to my iPhone 7 with bezels and honestly there's up and downsides for both.

I loved the additional real estate and would probably by a similarly-designed iPhone -- or with a notch lacking alternative -- but the bezel does make it easier to hold the phone and having the home button and TouchID (on the front, Pixel on the back) is convenient at times. I'm not yet fully on board with gestures.

 

[Quackington]

The other issue is the fact that you need to keep the phone vertically and look at the notch,this is inconvenient.

I don't think this is a requirement. I don't look at the notch when unlocking an 11.